Yesterday I headed to Town Creek Indian Mound in Montgomery County with my long-time friend, Anne Geer (what a good feeling it is spending time with someone you’ve known since elementary school).  I learned a lot at Town Creek about pre-1500 Native American culture and hope to learn more from a book Anne recommended to me, 1491.  After leaving Town Creek, we found fresh peaches at a local Moore County farm Anne had heard about from a friend and rewarded ourselves with the special treat of homemade peach ice cream from a roadside stand.

Each time I travel to a county, I try to be open to whatever I may experience there.  My goal isn’t to have a fabulous time on each visit but to experience that county for whatever it has to offer on a particular day.  Still, as often as I tell myself that, I do harbor a desire to happen upon something unexpected as I’m traveling along.  With today’s technology keeping the world abreast of everyone’s waking moment, it’s less and less likely that we might find surprises along the way but that doesn’t stop me from hoping.

That’s why I was excited to experience just such an unexpected surprise when Anne and I came upon this whimsically decorated crossroads in rural Moore County.  A two-story house stands on one corner with a couple of friendly dogs on the front porch.   We could only guess that the owners of that home were responsible for the bottle tree, the plantings around road signs, and the decorations on the signs themselves.  I would love to know more about the story behind it all but, regardless of what that story might be, the crossroads at Glendon was the highlight of a fun trip through the counties of Montgomery and Moore.

Counties #5 & 6 – Montgomery and Moore – June 9, 2012